xiii, 315 p., [16] p. of plates : 21 cm

Documents the Gilded Age love story of an heiress who fought for women's rights and an architect, tracing their upbringings, their pursuits, and their advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised

Includes bibliographical references and index

Enchanted woods -- Flying Cloud -- Madison to the river -- Big Mary -- The howling swell -- The personal as political -- Grand mistakes -- Rich and romantic -- A pleasure to paint her portrait -- The American Girl herself -- For richer or poorer -- Smaller castles -- Pretty manners -- Silent bearers of many a half read message -- A fine object lesson in good construction -- Something in the nature of the marvelous -- No other city will live in the future as New York will -- Our goddess

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